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libyan ambassador chris stevens and three american members of his staff. and i've got to say, i read an account and a story and -- of the administration reporting the name of one of the other three killed as part of the libyan embassy personnel. they gave the man's name, pointed out he was a former seal team member, but was in private security force and then according to the article the administration reported that he was killed while running for cover. madam speaker, i know something about seal team members. in the mind of a seal team member or a former seal team member he has -- he is never running for cover. he's running for a place if at all from which to launch a better attack. even in death this administration can't be respectful to the people that have laid down their lives for this administration and even though the white house says that, gee, the president does read briefings, he just hasn't been getting them personally, i would hope that he would start doing that. there's people's lives at stake and he is president, he's such a unanimous as it ti
libyan ambassador chris stevens and three american members of his staff. and i've got to say, i read an account and a story and -- of the administration reporting the name of one of the other three killed as part of the libyan embassy personnel. they gave the man's name, pointed out he was a former seal team member, but was in private security force and then according to the article the administration reported that he was killed while running for cover. madam speaker, i know something about...
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chris stevens was recognized by all of them. they knew chris stevens, and they knew he represented, the united states of america. so those are memories that i will never forget, and i hope that his family will appciate the magnificent service that have been killed since 1780. madam speaker, i have to say that the newsthe tragic death of chris stevens in benghazi, the u.s. consulate in libya, is very sad news for all of us. now the upheaval in the arab world has brought about many great things for the first time in millennia, there have been individuals who have been able to paicipate in elections. and make decisions. but then we get the sad and tragic news that ambassador stevens and, according to the early reports, two marines, maybe another foreign officer was killed in this tragic attack and i'd like to say that we have spent time there. we were just in libya, mr. price and i, before ambassador stevens arrived and libya has held out great promise. i'm determined, as i know mr. price is, to ensure that the promise we saw sever
chris stevens was recognized by all of them. they knew chris stevens, and they knew he represented, the united states of america. so those are memories that i will never forget, and i hope that his family will appciate the magnificent service that have been killed since 1780. madam speaker, i have to say that the newsthe tragic death of chris stevens in benghazi, the u.s. consulate in libya, is very sad news for all of us. now the upheaval in the arab world has brought about many great things...
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i think that would be the best tribute we could give to the great man chris stevens was. i have had the pleasure of ago appeared i was in libya. sure enough, our discussion centered mainly around the issue of security, because of its importance. we were there when the demolition of the shrines was taking place. before that, it was otherhe was concerned and we wanted place. today, we mourn his loss but, as i said, we will remain resolved to continue his good work, both from libya and from the united states. i think when we wrote -- when we address the security challenge, and i think they were very possessive -- perceptive in assessing this as one of the major issues if not the major issue of the time in libya today, even as i met with officials at the libyan congress, i felt a sense of pride that truly a democratic process is being developed in libya. make no mistake about it, the looming access -- abscess of bill security -- a real security endanger of inaction in the face of these repeated events that were taking place with a government that, although has tried very hard
i think that would be the best tribute we could give to the great man chris stevens was. i have had the pleasure of ago appeared i was in libya. sure enough, our discussion centered mainly around the issue of security, because of its importance. we were there when the demolition of the shrines was taking place. before that, it was otherhe was concerned and we wanted place. today, we mourn his loss but, as i said, we will remain resolved to continue his good work, both from libya and from the...
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chris stevens loved his work. he took pride in the country he served, and he saw dignity in the people that he met. and two weeks ago, he traveled to benghazi to review plans to establish a new cultural center and modernize a hospital. that's when america's compound came under attack. along with three of his colleagues, chris was killed in the city that he helped to save. he was 52 years old. i tell you this story because chris stevens embodied the best of america. like his fellow foreign service officers, he built bridges across oceans and cultures, and was deeply invested in the international cooperation that the united nations represents. he acted with humility, but he also stood up for a set of principles -- a belief that individuals should be free to determine their own destiny, and live with liberty, dignity, justice, and opportunity. the attacks on the civilians in benghazi were attacks on america. we are grateful for the assistance we received from the libyan government and from the libyan people. there sh
chris stevens loved his work. he took pride in the country he served, and he saw dignity in the people that he met. and two weeks ago, he traveled to benghazi to review plans to establish a new cultural center and modernize a hospital. that's when america's compound came under attack. along with three of his colleagues, chris was killed in the city that he helped to save. he was 52 years old. i tell you this story because chris stevens embodied the best of america. like his fellow foreign...
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and it's appropriate that we honor ambassador stevens. the resolution as i read it is not complete, though, because this discussion that we are having here on the floor is missing some elements and i'd like to bring them forward right now. we have to ask th question, why was the consulate in benghazi, libya, slightly defended to begin with? did anyone know that benghazi was still a flash point? i mean we overthrew the government. did anyone know that when the government fell that al qaeda's flag was flying over benghazi? did anyone know about al qaeda's presence in libya that came after the war that would have been a constant factor to be mindful of with respect to protecting those who serve. why wasn't more care given? to protect u.s. personnel. and the other thing is, there were warnings in diplomatic circle specifically with respect to libya, because of the ferment that has been going on in the broader muslim world. these are concerns that should be discussed by the congress. doesn't take away anything from the sacrifice that was given
and it's appropriate that we honor ambassador stevens. the resolution as i read it is not complete, though, because this discussion that we are having here on the floor is missing some elements and i'd like to bring them forward right now. we have to ask th question, why was the consulate in benghazi, libya, slightly defended to begin with? did anyone know that benghazi was still a flash point? i mean we overthrew the government. did anyone know that when the government fell that al qaeda's...
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-- embassador stevens was killed, so let's walk away from libya. i cannot think that is dispensable. you have to say, which elements of pakistan are progressive that do have common interests with us? if we are to look forward to pakistan opening up, and looking forward to pakistan with an energy that is self- sufficient, and an open economy which is less susceptible to extremism in the country, i think we have to do a better job and i think many of the people in this loam have a subtle understanding and to know this, we have to do a better job who are we working with? given these fraught relations of different institutions in the country, who do we choose to work with in which way and how can we modestly work ahead on different kinds of problems? when we say, we will create a strategic partnership in 12 areas, here is agriculture, here is water, and we will do it bilaterally and we will use a one-size-fits-all institutional link, by its very nature, some of these problems are not given to that kind of structure. we would have to say, where do we ha
-- embassador stevens was killed, so let's walk away from libya. i cannot think that is dispensable. you have to say, which elements of pakistan are progressive that do have common interests with us? if we are to look forward to pakistan opening up, and looking forward to pakistan with an energy that is self- sufficient, and an open economy which is less susceptible to extremism in the country, i think we have to do a better job and i think many of the people in this loam have a subtle...
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stevens of america, working families of america, president obama will not turn his back on you. finally, we believe in fiscal responsibility. we think is a reasonable to pay for a valuable service that the people want, by asking everyone to do their part. the lack of fiscal responsibility is one of the main reasons i finally left my old party. [applause] that's right. in 2001, president bill clinton handed the republicans a surplus, and then went on to squander that surplus by launching two wars, expanding medicare, and giving tax cut to the wealthiest americans, and failing to pay for any of these. mitt romney and paul ryan want to return to the fantasy land of never having to pay for things we buy, such as education, medical research, good roads, and clean energy. that is not conservative. that is not responsible, and that is not what this country needs. [applause] the values i have spoken up tonight are not republican or democratic values. they are american values. they are the values of abraham lincoln, who affirmed the fundamental dignity of all americans, regardless of the
stevens of america, working families of america, president obama will not turn his back on you. finally, we believe in fiscal responsibility. we think is a reasonable to pay for a valuable service that the people want, by asking everyone to do their part. the lack of fiscal responsibility is one of the main reasons i finally left my old party. [applause] that's right. in 2001, president bill clinton handed the republicans a surplus, and then went on to squander that surplus by launching two...
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chris stevens embodied the very best of america. even as we grieve for our four -- for our fallen friends, we took action. we took immediate steps to protect our people and posts. we stayed in contact with embassies around the world facing large
chris stevens embodied the very best of america. even as we grieve for our four -- for our fallen friends, we took action. we took immediate steps to protect our people and posts. we stayed in contact with embassies around the world facing large
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. >> steven johnson is our guest sunday taking calls, e-mails and tweets on "in depth." looking at science history, cyber world, popular culture and computer networking in politics. live at noon eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> next a symposium on partisan politics and compromise. this hour and a half event is hosted by the university of southern california schwarzenegger's institute for state and global policy. panelists include senator john mccain and former senator tom daschle. >> we all breathe the same air. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the chairman of the institute and the inaugural holder of the governor downey chair professor of state and global policy at u.s.e., governor arnold schwarzenegger. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much for the fantastic introduction. that's exactly the way i wrote it. [laughter] also thank you very much for your great partnership. one thing i wanted to correct what you said today is i did not win miss universe. different bikinis, waxing, all of those things i did not win that competition
. >> steven johnson is our guest sunday taking calls, e-mails and tweets on "in depth." looking at science history, cyber world, popular culture and computer networking in politics. live at noon eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> next a symposium on partisan politics and compromise. this hour and a half event is hosted by the university of southern california schwarzenegger's institute for state and global policy. panelists include senator john mccain and former senator tom...
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stevens, if you will begin, please. >> could morning. chairman mckeon, distinguished members of the committee, i thank you for this opportunity to i expressed our industry perspective on the impact of sequestration. i will submit a prepared statement for the record and offer a brief summary. >> no objections. that goes for each of you. >> thank you read as chairman and chief executive officer of lockheed martin, i am proud to represent 120,000 hard-working men and women who are the foundation of our business. we are a global security company operating in 50 states in 75 countries. our work force includes 61,000 scientists and engineers and 26,000 military veterans. our company consistently higher is the largest number of graduating engineers from u.s. universities compared to any other company. we receive more than 1 million resumes each year from people who want to help keep our nation safe and secure and ensure the united states lead the world. lockheed martin is the largest provider of information technology services to the federal go
stevens, if you will begin, please. >> could morning. chairman mckeon, distinguished members of the committee, i thank you for this opportunity to i expressed our industry perspective on the impact of sequestration. i will submit a prepared statement for the record and offer a brief summary. >> no objections. that goes for each of you. >> thank you read as chairman and chief executive officer of lockheed martin, i am proud to represent 120,000 hard-working men and women who...
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. >> steven dennis, the white house correspondent from "roll call," joins us. the house and senate have been meeting in pro-forma sessions every two or three days to prevent the president from making a recess appointment. but he went ahead with it. why did he do it? >> sort of a kick in the eye to republicans and red meat to his base. a lot have been calling for the president to do this for months. it is interesting that he did it today, when there is some constitutional question about the legality of the appointment today, instead of yesterday, when there was a general sense he could have done it, once last year's legislative session ended and the next one started. but i don't think the white house cares about that. i think they are happy to see republicans fighting this issue on a process basis, whether or not he has the authority to do this -- or they get to go to ohio and have a big campaign- style rally and make it an issue about who is standing up for the little guy. so, i think the white house was more than happy to make this fight and have the republica
. >> steven dennis, the white house correspondent from "roll call," joins us. the house and senate have been meeting in pro-forma sessions every two or three days to prevent the president from making a recess appointment. but he went ahead with it. why did he do it? >> sort of a kick in the eye to republicans and red meat to his base. a lot have been calling for the president to do this for months. it is interesting that he did it today, when there is some constitutional...
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a state with over 100,000 young dream at stevens yearning to share -- dream act students yearning to share in the future of our nation with pride and with hope. we cast our 282 votes for president of barack obama para >> thank you. texas casts 282 votes for barack obama. utah. you have 34 votes. >> madam secretary, i and the utah state democratic party chair -- i am the utah state democratic party chair. the great state of utah hosts of the most successful winter olympic games ever, because of the astonishing commitments of 32,000 volunteers and $1.3 billion in taxpayer support and because we build that, as thrilled in honor of jim jod to cast our 32 votes for president barack obama. >> thank you, utah. you talk casts 32 votes for barack obama. vermont. you have 27 votes. how do you cast them? >> madam secretary, i am patrick leahy, a native of the great state of vermont. a national leader in the fight for health care, energy efficiency and organics. home of the great lake champlain, the incomparable green mountains, the first state of the union to abolish slavery, the first state le
a state with over 100,000 young dream at stevens yearning to share -- dream act students yearning to share in the future of our nation with pride and with hope. we cast our 282 votes for president of barack obama para >> thank you. texas casts 282 votes for barack obama. utah. you have 34 votes. >> madam secretary, i and the utah state democratic party chair -- i am the utah state democratic party chair. the great state of utah hosts of the most successful winter olympic games ever,...
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tortured history of the stevens prosecution. a public trial and conviction and a press conference celebrating the guilty verdict of prosecutorial misconduct. he noted that the evidence became clear and hard to refuse did the justice vacate the verdict. however, the justice department also stepped in to protect the prosecutors. the justice department initially sought to prevent any misconduct review by the court, arguing instead for an internal review that they conduct. to his credit, judge sullivan did not allow this and instead assigned a special investigator. following the completion of this investigation, the special investigator produced a 500-page report that found both the investigation and prosecution of senator stevens were permeated by the systemic consumption of exculpatory evidence that would have corroborated his defense and testimony and seriously damaged the the testimony credibility of government key witnesses. this is an incredible finding and one that, as judged sullivan put it, has led to a continuing national
tortured history of the stevens prosecution. a public trial and conviction and a press conference celebrating the guilty verdict of prosecutorial misconduct. he noted that the evidence became clear and hard to refuse did the justice vacate the verdict. however, the justice department also stepped in to protect the prosecutors. the justice department initially sought to prevent any misconduct review by the court, arguing instead for an internal review that they conduct. to his credit, judge...
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host: steven latourette -- the ethics issues work in congress. guest: i understand your point here the system is designed to reach a the fire run on a certain platform, if i stay i like to attend and i do something horrible to kittens once again here, the election takes care of that. would think people would then novotny out and say we are not having the mean kitten guy represent us anymore. that gets to be redistricting question. the truth is in the eye of the beholder. you are the democratic caller that the market a set of facts and reach a different interpretation than i do. does not mean either bus is lying, which come at from different perspectives. but the difficulty and the point i was trying to make is that jacksonville is a good example, your represented by qr ran aground, but karan brown does not point to be on elected by a republican because there's no way a republican can win in that district. and i think she is a wonderful member of congress. but the only way to the caller's point is that you have a competitive election where people
host: steven latourette -- the ethics issues work in congress. guest: i understand your point here the system is designed to reach a the fire run on a certain platform, if i stay i like to attend and i do something horrible to kittens once again here, the election takes care of that. would think people would then novotny out and say we are not having the mean kitten guy represent us anymore. that gets to be redistricting question. the truth is in the eye of the beholder. you are the democratic...
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i admire justice stevens. justice roberts is a good justice too. the question is the approach to the law. did apply the constitution? our do they seek to impose our own political views on the bench. >> thank you. >> this question deals of the second amendment regarding second amendment rights. you support second amendment rights. you would want to protect the rights of hunters and sportsmen. explained why as semiautomatic is something gun advocates would seek to limit or ban? >> that is not my only concern at all. i want to preserve what the second amendment says, which is the right to own arms. that is an individual right, like the other list of the bill rights. that is what i am concerned with protecting. it is for purposes of self- defense. it does all sorts of purposes. what i think it's amazing is my opponent, when she represented this area in congress, she told everyone she kept her gun under her bed. it amazes me how she can do this 180 flip. by the way, in the most basic nra course, they tell you where to store your gun and it is a bad idea
i admire justice stevens. justice roberts is a good justice too. the question is the approach to the law. did apply the constitution? our do they seek to impose our own political views on the bench. >> thank you. >> this question deals of the second amendment regarding second amendment rights. you support second amendment rights. you would want to protect the rights of hunters and sportsmen. explained why as semiautomatic is something gun advocates would seek to limit or ban?...
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finish the work that chris stevens gave his life to. that is with the vast majority of libyans want to do. if we saw that so inspiring last weekend as they took to the streets, refusing to allow extremists to hijack their chance for democracy. the arabs rain has brought progress in egypt where they have a certain civilian control over the military. where a elections have brought new governments to power and in morocco where there is a new institution and a prime minister appointed on the basis of a popular vote for the first time. even further, somalia has taken the first step forward by electing a new president. there has been progress and none of it would have come about without people standing up last year and demanding change or without this united nations having the courage to respond to their cries. second, there is the argument that the removal of dictators has somehow started to unleash a new wave of violence, extremism, and instability. some argue that in a volatile region, only an authoritarian strongman can maintain stability
finish the work that chris stevens gave his life to. that is with the vast majority of libyans want to do. if we saw that so inspiring last weekend as they took to the streets, refusing to allow extremists to hijack their chance for democracy. the arabs rain has brought progress in egypt where they have a certain civilian control over the military. where a elections have brought new governments to power and in morocco where there is a new institution and a prime minister appointed on the basis...
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. >> in terms of governor romney's speech, -- >> stores stevens. >> what is a process like. is he still making changes? >> they were working on it this weekend. i'm sure we will run through it a few more times. it is probably pretty much done. >> i have personally been the many mitt romney speeches. how's this different? >> this is his -- a lot of people will tune in for the first time. people like us who have been watching at home. every four years, the conventions come on. mitt romney will make his case and tell a little bit about himself. and talk about his vision for america. in a fairly expensive way. this will be -- and in a personal way. when people watch that, they will see the mitt romney they will get to know between now and november 6. >> this is obviously different for every reason to just said. does it tend to get nervous for stuff like this? >> he's pretty even keel. >> he does not get too anxious. this is a big moment. there will be tens of millions of people tuning in. they want to hear mitt romney lay out his vision for the future. he will contest that visio
. >> in terms of governor romney's speech, -- >> stores stevens. >> what is a process like. is he still making changes? >> they were working on it this weekend. i'm sure we will run through it a few more times. it is probably pretty much done. >> i have personally been the many mitt romney speeches. how's this different? >> this is his -- a lot of people will tune in for the first time. people like us who have been watching at home. every four years, the...
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we have our graphic designer alec stevens who cannot do anything without being fabulous. this is our sitor services director who organizes -- andy lyons who organizes a friday night event called black sheep friday and one night he organized an event for example called museum professional wrestling where he invited museum professionals to engage in thumb wrestling competitions. and we still do mix to taste at the program, mixed taste. sarah and by the way these crowds now are like 300 plus people at these events. we have to use in industrial space across the street becerra who produces these programs, she likes to -- so we giveaway a raffle and in this case what we did once, we gave away free tickets to the king tut exhibition at the denver art museum and the winner had to redeem these two used tires at the art museum to collect their winning tickets but we didn't tell the art museum that. [laughter] so we never did that again. so anyway the point of all of this is that why do we have art? why do we have art if we cannot ourselves learn from the artists who break the rules
we have our graphic designer alec stevens who cannot do anything without being fabulous. this is our sitor services director who organizes -- andy lyons who organizes a friday night event called black sheep friday and one night he organized an event for example called museum professional wrestling where he invited museum professionals to engage in thumb wrestling competitions. and we still do mix to taste at the program, mixed taste. sarah and by the way these crowds now are like 300 plus...
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in libya, an assault on the consulate resulted in the death of the american ambassador christopher stevens and three others. these images echo the worst -- the recall those moments in 1979 with the taking of american hostages at the embassy in iran. u.s. taxpayers as an enormous 1.6 billion doris to egypt, -- $1.6 billion to egypt, which is now run by a former member of the muslim brotherhood. should the u.s. give up foreign aid to these nations, mr. sadler? >> no. not now, we have a fledgling government being formed a. with egypt withholding funds, the editorial board agreed is time for us to stop the old on that aid. it is in our best interests to stay involved. if we do not stay involved, russia, china, and other countries with in this world will i do not think to cut off the aid. >> mr. cruz? >> this is another area of clear disagreement. we should not be funding those who are contrary to our interest. the only justification for continuing that aid or any portion of it is it to protect national security interests of the united states. we should use that aid as extensive leverage to pro
in libya, an assault on the consulate resulted in the death of the american ambassador christopher stevens and three others. these images echo the worst -- the recall those moments in 1979 with the taking of american hostages at the embassy in iran. u.s. taxpayers as an enormous 1.6 billion doris to egypt, -- $1.6 billion to egypt, which is now run by a former member of the muslim brotherhood. should the u.s. give up foreign aid to these nations, mr. sadler? >> no. not now, we have a...
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the a few years ago you interviewed justice john paul stevens. this goes back to some of the questions on the confirmation -- you said that it came out that sometimes the confirmation hearing, you are answering questions and issues come up and you may have a different view at the time the issue comes up. is that a fact? >> that is a fact. >> had you had that happen to you? >> 's. i do not remember specifically. >> -- possibly. i do not remember specifically. >> would you agree with me that it would be a mistake in the confirmation process that we should be able to expect that we will get a very specific answer in how you will vote on a case five years from now? >> yes. i think that is probably not a very good question to even asked a prospective justice. >> is it valid to ask questions of one's judicial philosophy? >> absolutely. >> and their background? >> absolutely. >> center blumenthal, did you have anything else? >> no. >> again, the two of you, would all of the students who are here stand up? i think this is great. >> you still have a lot t
the a few years ago you interviewed justice john paul stevens. this goes back to some of the questions on the confirmation -- you said that it came out that sometimes the confirmation hearing, you are answering questions and issues come up and you may have a different view at the time the issue comes up. is that a fact? >> that is a fact. >> had you had that happen to you? >> 's. i do not remember specifically. >> -- possibly. i do not remember specifically. >>...
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i went to see a lot of people and steven spielberg said to me, you have to blow up the 2008 campaign. you are on the the 1965 rolling stones once and then you charge too much for your ticket. it was an interesting way to think about that campaign. i said to the president i need you to promise me it is not going to be 2008 again. he said, what are you talking about? we've won. i said if we run the same campaign, i think we will get beat. we need a new campaign because of technology. he said to me, ok, but as to be about the grass roots. >> and you have to win. >> so we -- he made the single most important scission to put us in chicago. i think that was a crucial moment. >> there was debate about this. some people worried if there was a natural split between the west wing and the campaign, why did it work? >> because you had a bunch of committed people who spent all day, every day, sitting in an open space in chicago, almost no offices, and built a brand new campaign. the reason i knew it was going to work was in on august of 20 11, -- 2011, somebody said is there's something happening
i went to see a lot of people and steven spielberg said to me, you have to blow up the 2008 campaign. you are on the the 1965 rolling stones once and then you charge too much for your ticket. it was an interesting way to think about that campaign. i said to the president i need you to promise me it is not going to be 2008 again. he said, what are you talking about? we've won. i said if we run the same campaign, i think we will get beat. we need a new campaign because of technology. he said to...
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steven howard berger. daniel david berkstein. michelle j. berkeley. >> and my uncle. we miss you. >> and my husabnd. -- husband. the boys are starting college. and daisy, i love you. >> david w. bernard. william h. bernstein. david m. burray. [reading names] timothy d. betterlee. [reading names] mark bingham. gary eugene bird. george john bishop. christopher joseph blackwell. susan lee bear. and my cousin. we miss you and think about you every day. >> and my sister-in-law. [bell ring] >> house speaker john boehner and minority leader nancy pelosi and harry reid and mitch mcconnell took part in the ceremony at the capitol honoring the victims of 911. the ceremony was held on the same site congressional members gathered to sing " " god bless america" in september 2001. >> members of the house and senate, capitol police, staff, thank you for joining us today to mark the 11th anniversary of the events of september 11, 2001. i invite everybody in the singing of our national anthem. >> ♪ oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilig
steven howard berger. daniel david berkstein. michelle j. berkeley. >> and my uncle. we miss you. >> and my husabnd. -- husband. the boys are starting college. and daisy, i love you. >> david w. bernard. william h. bernstein. david m. burray. [reading names] timothy d. betterlee. [reading names] mark bingham. gary eugene bird. george john bishop. christopher joseph blackwell. susan lee bear. and my cousin. we miss you and think about you every day. >> and my...
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among those offering help, was ambassador chris stevens. a voice of reason and conscience, a man of love, a messenger of friendship, who came to libya following the outbreak of our freedom revolution, one who touched the people's feelings, who traveled from tripoli to them western mountains and back and all across libya. chris stevens spoke to everyone in arabic, always smiled, and showed care. this human diplomat had found his place -- has found his place in the consciousness of the libyan people. it was a day of sadness throughout libya when he was assassinated. along with his three aides. we would like to express our deepest condolences to the american people for this grave loss. it was a loss for libya, as it was a loss for the united states of america. we stress to the united states, its government, and it people that this catastrophe will only increase our solidarity to entrench the hopes and objectives in which ambassador chris stevens believed. we shall the feed -- defeat the backboards plots of the terrorists who do not represent l
among those offering help, was ambassador chris stevens. a voice of reason and conscience, a man of love, a messenger of friendship, who came to libya following the outbreak of our freedom revolution, one who touched the people's feelings, who traveled from tripoli to them western mountains and back and all across libya. chris stevens spoke to everyone in arabic, always smiled, and showed care. this human diplomat had found his place -- has found his place in the consciousness of the libyan...
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our guests include brian crowley, when the curry, and democratic consultant steven van court. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> this weekend, c-span 2's book tv. hear. douglas brinkley and mark updegrove. infiltrate imasco's drug cartel with c.a. hector. ook tv. both t y is running for another term. the debate at a high school is a little more than an hour. hosted by the salem news. ♪ ♪ >> hello. i am dave olson. welcome to the sixth congressional debate sponsored by salem news and the jewish journal. welcome to this new auditorium. before we begin, we should mention in the work at the school is not done. the danvers educational commitment partnership is spearheading a drive to create $500,000 to support the technology needs of the new school. let's not forget to turn off our phones. they have created a number of sponsorship opportunities for that fund raiser. you can sponsor the seat you are sitting in now will go towards funding 10 new high tech classrooms. the salem news is a sponsor of. now on to our debate. the candidates tonigh
our guests include brian crowley, when the curry, and democratic consultant steven van court. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> this weekend, c-span 2's book tv. hear. douglas brinkley and mark updegrove. infiltrate imasco's drug cartel with c.a. hector. ook tv. both t y is running for another term. the debate at a high school is a little more than an hour. hosted by the salem news. ♪ ♪ >> hello. i am dave olson. welcome to the...
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my other steven is republicans should be uncovered for what they have been their entire lives. i am so appalled at how they disrespect our president. the only do it because he's a man of color. the respected president bush. they cannot even say president obama. thank you and i pray you keep speaking out for women. it is sad when you -- they tried to take us back to where we came from. you stand up and speak for us. thank you for listening. guest: thank you so much. i think it is really important, some of the points the color made are very important. one thing about the restrictions on abortion that she raised, they really are troubling. todd akin is pursuing a policy to outlaw abortion in cases of rape or incest or to preserve a woman posing health. that is the same policy that paul ryan is very aggressively in favor of. todd akin justifies this policy by saying that women who are legitimately rate cannot get pregnant. paul ryan has disavowed that justification for his anti- abortion policy even in cases of rape. paul ryan on a number of occasions has voiced the opinion that wo
my other steven is republicans should be uncovered for what they have been their entire lives. i am so appalled at how they disrespect our president. the only do it because he's a man of color. the respected president bush. they cannot even say president obama. thank you and i pray you keep speaking out for women. it is sad when you -- they tried to take us back to where we came from. you stand up and speak for us. thank you for listening. guest: thank you so much. i think it is really...
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our guests include brian crowley, when the curry, and steven van gorp. washington journal is live on c- span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. several live events to tell you about tomorrow. the news briefing with leon panetta. kennecott 30 a.m. eastern. a couple of political events in the afternoon, including paul ryan. he will be at cleveland state university to talk about the economy and job creation. just before 5:00 p.m., we will bring you president obama's rally in denver. one of three campaign events for the president tomorrow. also in iowa and nevada. >> i regularly watch the the washington journal." -- watched "washington journal." i also watch c-span online. c-span provides information to us that is rare. into a's spin-oriented society, we cannot regularly get the kind of the reformation we need to make decisions for ourselves. we often have to. from either the left or the right. the great thing about c-span is you get the information directly from the policy makers so you can make up your own mind about who is right and what is good for the coun
our guests include brian crowley, when the curry, and steven van gorp. washington journal is live on c- span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. several live events to tell you about tomorrow. the news briefing with leon panetta. kennecott 30 a.m. eastern. a couple of political events in the afternoon, including paul ryan. he will be at cleveland state university to talk about the economy and job creation. just before 5:00 p.m., we will bring you president obama's rally in denver. one of three...
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ambassador to libya, chris stevens, sanctions against iran, and a dispute with ecuador over the asylum for wiki-leaks founder julian assange. >> i am delighted to welcome the foreign secretary here as the key witness. and i also welcome the director of the north african revision and the chief operating officer. gentlemen, thank you for coming this morning. as you might imagine, there is a lot that we can be going through here. i very much want to focus on syria, iran, and afghanistan. in light of the developments in afghanistan in the last 24 hours, we might start with afghanistan. man asked what extent, you are aware of the strategy developed in afghanistan in dealing with these incidents? >> there has not been any change in strategy. this is primarily for the defense secretary to speak about. i was discussing it with him this morning and he spoke to the house about it yesterday. there is more change in the strategy. the impact of the isaf finance ment will be quite minimal on the u.k. operations. there was reference to a number of measures under consideration. when this is one of tho
ambassador to libya, chris stevens, sanctions against iran, and a dispute with ecuador over the asylum for wiki-leaks founder julian assange. >> i am delighted to welcome the foreign secretary here as the key witness. and i also welcome the director of the north african revision and the chief operating officer. gentlemen, thank you for coming this morning. as you might imagine, there is a lot that we can be going through here. i very much want to focus on syria, iran, and afghanistan. in...
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i speak as a friend of christopher stevens. i speak as a person who knows something about warfare. i speak something -- with some authority that this attack clearly could have been prevented if the facts on the ground had been clearly taken into consideration, including the ample warnings, including the warnings that have the sent on august 16 stating that the consolate could not resist successfully resist a concentrated attack by al qaeda-affiliated groups. that alone, that alone convinces me and i believe most americans when they find out, that the actions to prevent these murders were clearly insufficient if not totally incompetent. mr. president, i see the senator from south carolina is here to join me as well as the senator from new hampshire. and i yield -- mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to engage in colloquy with both the senator from south carolina and the senator from new hampshire. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: very briefly, then i'll -- mr. graham: very briefly. here's the request of the body. benghazi needs to be investigated. we need to
i speak as a friend of christopher stevens. i speak as a person who knows something about warfare. i speak something -- with some authority that this attack clearly could have been prevented if the facts on the ground had been clearly taken into consideration, including the ample warnings, including the warnings that have the sent on august 16 stating that the consolate could not resist successfully resist a concentrated attack by al qaeda-affiliated groups. that alone, that alone convinces me...
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host: thank you. >> tomorrow morning, steven moore on the pre-election congressional timber and with the chambers need to complete before november. and then gerald connolly explains why he was one of 19 democrats to win across the aisle and voted to extend the bush era tax cuts at all income levels. after that our spotlight on magazine series continues. discussing the story on campaign fundraising in the history of campaign finance laws. and your e-mail, phone calls, and tweets. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> we will bring you some of this year's deliberations over the democratic party platform. and hilda solis talks about the economic contributions of hispanic americans. and fred davis talks about his work on the mccain presidential campaign in this year's presidential race. >> in the weeks ahead, political parties are holding their platform hearings in advance with democrats voting this weekend on their final plat form recommendations in detroit. republicans start their platform process at their tampa convention site midmonth. c-span convention coverage begins monday, aug
host: thank you. >> tomorrow morning, steven moore on the pre-election congressional timber and with the chambers need to complete before november. and then gerald connolly explains why he was one of 19 democrats to win across the aisle and voted to extend the bush era tax cuts at all income levels. after that our spotlight on magazine series continues. discussing the story on campaign fundraising in the history of campaign finance laws. and your e-mail, phone calls, and tweets. live at...
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at 730, colin with your questions or steven ross, author of "hollywood left and right." at 5:00, a panel surveillance and in secret with michael schirmer. the entire schedule is online at booktv.org. >> eric cantor eric sat down with mike allen of politico to talk about elections and politics. we will also hear from congressional reporter jack sherman. >> good morning. thank you for coming. i am mike allen, the chief political correspondent for "politico." hello to c-span and cnn. thanks for following this. we are on twitter. jake sherman will join me in a minute for some pre-game. one of our great congressional correspondents is going to take us behind the scenes a little bit, set the table for a great conversation with house majority leader eric cantor. i would like to thank the bank of america for their continued partnership, talking about the issues that matter most in washington. thank you for coming and making this possible. >> it is great to be here. enjoy getting applause. we do not get that everywhere, so thank you. we did announce earnings this morning, and act
at 730, colin with your questions or steven ross, author of "hollywood left and right." at 5:00, a panel surveillance and in secret with michael schirmer. the entire schedule is online at booktv.org. >> eric cantor eric sat down with mike allen of politico to talk about elections and politics. we will also hear from congressional reporter jack sherman. >> good morning. thank you for coming. i am mike allen, the chief political correspondent for "politico." hello...
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consultants such as karl rove, ed gillespie common and and and now the romney campaign adviser stuart stevens will never be hired to run or consult on a national campaign again, and no one would give a dime to ineffectual super pacs. mitt romney's loss was a death toll. the disaster of 2012 signifies the beginning of the battle to take over the republican party. now we will hear from the chairman of for america. >> thank you, richard. good afternoon. i am also the founder and president of media center. it was atrocious this year. the question is to what degree did you have an impact in the atrocious news, and we do not know. it is going to tell us what is going to happen as a result of fact, -- as a result of that, so we will have more to say. how is it more republican and conservative pundits have been wrong? virtually every poll showed striking distance. why were so many so wrong? perhaps it is simply because many of us could not fathom the united states would not willingly choose the path of destruction. in 2008 people did not know what they are buying. certainly, america would not buy it
consultants such as karl rove, ed gillespie common and and and now the romney campaign adviser stuart stevens will never be hired to run or consult on a national campaign again, and no one would give a dime to ineffectual super pacs. mitt romney's loss was a death toll. the disaster of 2012 signifies the beginning of the battle to take over the republican party. now we will hear from the chairman of for america. >> thank you, richard. good afternoon. i am also the founder and president of...
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the rules are different here for the stevens. in the early days when i first started addressing the audience in the hall, i would say, you make no new or even applaud, cheer, i will turn it around and make you stand up and humiliate you in front of the whole world. i do not do that anymore because everybody knows the drill. certainly all of you do. you have come here for an important reason. most of you are here and are committed supporters. you know how important to this event is. it is important because it is about those millions and millions of people who will watch this even tonight. they are watching to make a decision on one of the most important decisions a citizen of this country makes. it behooves all of you and me, us in other words, to help the dialogue. you can help me by remaining quiet as well. we have a new complicated for met here today. i have to be really concentrating. i want to be concentrating on what the candidates are saying rather than what is going on behind me. i know you are going to do that. i do not h
the rules are different here for the stevens. in the early days when i first started addressing the audience in the hall, i would say, you make no new or even applaud, cheer, i will turn it around and make you stand up and humiliate you in front of the whole world. i do not do that anymore because everybody knows the drill. certainly all of you do. you have come here for an important reason. most of you are here and are committed supporters. you know how important to this event is. it is...
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>> chris stevens was one of our best. we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. we will get to the bottom of it and wherever the facts lead us, we will make clear, whatever mistakes were made will not be made again. you should take a look at his most important responsibility. that is caring for the national security of the country. take a look at how he has handled the issues of the day. on iraq, the president has said he would end the war. governor romney said that was a tragic mistake. we should have left 30,000 troops there. with regard to afghanistan, he said he will end the war in 2014. governor romney said we should not set a date. when it came to osama bin laden, the president, the first day in office, i was sitting with him in the oval office and he called in the cia, my highest priority is to get bin laden. prior to the election, governor romney was asked the question about how we would proceed. he did not understand it was more about restoring america's heart. if you do harm to america, we will track you to the gates of hell. the president of the united
>> chris stevens was one of our best. we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. we will get to the bottom of it and wherever the facts lead us, we will make clear, whatever mistakes were made will not be made again. you should take a look at his most important responsibility. that is caring for the national security of the country. take a look at how he has handled the issues of the day. on iraq, the president has said he would end the war. governor romney said that was a...